ArmA II release date discussion thread

[anc 0]

Hi fellow brazilian members,

As everyone knows Arma 2 won't be released at Brazil.

So we are organizing a group to import the game from UK.

If there is any Brazilian here that is interested please contact me by PM so that i can explain it better.

Best regards.

Olá amigos brasileiros,

Como sabem Arma 2 não será lançado no Brasil.

Então estamos organizando um grupo para importar o jogo do Reino Unido.

Caso algum brasileiro esteja interessado me envie uma MP que irei explicar melhor.

Abçs

[Crazyfox 0]

So is 26th june the confirmed releasedate for EU now?

They need to bring that game to E3 for some PR.

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

Release Date: Dec 31, 2009 (US)

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/arma-2/

Surely not another 7 month wait for the US?

[twisted 128]

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/arma-2/

Surely not another 7 month wait for the US?

Ordering from EU to get to US will beat a 7 month wait for sure.

it's very disappointing as US sales will suffer for sure from a delay like this (look at the big US customer base Arma has) which will result in fewer publishers wanting to touch BIS products.

Hell it's frustrating enough knowing some people will get the game at the end of this month while we'll have to wait till the end of the year.

what would be better is if BIS let us know the different places a person could get the game - especially online retailers as that'll beat a one or 7 month wait anytime.

[walker 0]

Hi all

A little bird told me the US release date was the 23rd of June 2009.

Kind Regrds walker

[kernriver 4]

Kernriver i u Srbiju takodje...in Serbia to ;)

Hey, didn't realise You were from Serbia mate, thank You again! :)

Hvala!

I hope Nothke, Sniperwolf, IceBreakr, VictorTroska are reading this...;)

[BEEJ24 10]

Game: http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Strategy/~r340775/ArmA-II/?s=arma%202

June 26th :D

also has June 26th down on the amazon.co.uk website as well... not long to go, oh and my first post :D

[Litos 10]

Hi all

A little bird told me the US release date was the 23rd of June 2009.

Kind Regrds walker

Where did you find this out?

And even if it's true, it SUCKS! I can't believe this! 2 and a half more months?!?! NOO!

[maddogx 13]

Where did you find this out?

And even if it's true, it SUCKS! I can't believe this! 2 and a half more months?!?! NOO!

It's almost mid May, dude. More like a month and ten days. :D

[BEEJ24 10]

46 days to go! what it says on the game website anyway :D im not going to pre-order it from them, as they cocked up my last pre-order of world in conflict, so its either amazon or staying up after i finish at 6am and dragging myself to the nearest games shop for 9am

[Litos 10]

It's almost mid May, dude. More like a month and ten days. :D

Oh wait... I thought he said July. Lol, that's what happens when Litos panics.

But it seems unreasonable. Europe is getting it the 26th (except for fortunate germans), and they were supposed to be first, and BIS hadn't even announced a north american publisher yet and now it's 23rd of june for us. Strange, dont you think?

[NoRailgunner 0]

Litos stop praising "fortunate germans" they still know how ArmA was "working" in first days+weeks. Malicious tongues say germans are the best (testers) for prime quality and they are even paying attention to smallest details.

Its easy to convince casual players with graphics+effects only but "convincing" an german simfan - is close to impossible. ;)

[twisted 128]

Hi all

A little bird told me the US release date was the 23rd of June 2009.

Kind Regrds walker

That could be good news but it's hard to give little birds credence without anything more concrete - surely a publisher should be wanting to be taking preorders, etc a month before release rather than farting around with misinfomation, speculation and rumors.

[maddogx 13]

Litos stop praising "fortunate germans" they still know how ArmA was "working" in first days+weeks. Malicious tongues say germans are the best (testers) for prime quality and they are even paying attention to smallest details.

Its easy to convince casual players with graphics+effects only but "convincing" an german simfan - is close to impossible. ;)

Indeed, the only thing "fortunate" about it is that we get to hold Arma 2 in our hands month earlier. Of course there's the chance that the game comes out perfectly polished and shiny... but I'm not counting on it. Not that it matters to me, as I'm perfectly happy hunting down any bugs and reporting them here for the devs. :)

The real problem is that not everyone enjoys playing a buggy game while BIS iron out the kinks (a few names spring to mind). If there are major problems, we can probably expect a shit storm here for the first few weeks. Placebo will probably have a field day with his trusty infraction button after May 29th. :D

[eem 1]

The real problem is that not everyone enjoys playing a buggy game while BIS iron out the kinks (a few names spring to mind)... (snip)

Actually, I'm thinking a lot of players would enjoy messing with a buggy game for a little while as long as it doesn't crash the system. It's paying for it at the same time that "bugs" (no pun intended...heh) most people. :confused:

Rumor: The recent patch for ArmA (1.16 in beta) is actually the ArmaII engine. Use the super-secret @mod switch to enable ArmA II... lol

L8r,

eem

Edited May 11, 2009 by EEM

[Litos 10]

Yeah but one way or another, you do get to play it earlier than us.

And the graphics look REALLY attractive, makes me want to play it badly.

So, after all in the end, you ARE fortunate! So don't blame me for saying something wrong again.

[Amuro 10]

If it doesn't come out on 23rd June, I'm going to have to import it from the UK. But why is game.co.uk has it at £39.99 which is like £15 more expensive compared to amazon.co.uk? Too bad amazon doesn't ship outside Europe.

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

Hi all

A little bird told me the US release date was the 23rd of June 2009.

Kind Regrds walker

I hope that lil bird is a good source for info......... otherwise, it's gonna get shot out of the sky. :butbut:

I'm hoping gayspy's website isn't updated properly.

[Maddmatt 1]

I'm hoping gayspy's website isn't updated properly.

You sure you're on the right forum? :eek:

:p

I wonder how it's possible to have a US release date before we know about a US publisher. Or does 505 Games handle the US now?

I'm still wondering what's happening with the New Zealand distributor though.

Edited May 12, 2009 by Maddmatt

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

505 is who they show for all.

Even Australia shows Dec, yet UK has Jun 23, 2009

[Crazyfox 0]

Okay people when you see this releasedate -> Dec 31, 2009, you need to ask yourself:

Do you release a game on new years eve?

Or have they been told that it will be released this year and for convenience they just type in the last day of 2009?

[maddogx 13]

Okay people when you see this releasedate -> Dec 31, 2009, you need to ask yourself:

Do you release a game on new years eve?

Or have they been told that it will be released this year and for convenience they just type in the last day of 2009?

Dec 31 would be stupid for lots of reasons, so I guess it's the latter.

[SGT_2AD 10]

Not sure if this has been posted.....

But if you go to 505 Games and type in ArmA II in the quick search it comes up with

"ArmA II Retail Event(NA)", where as before it only came up with "ArmA II (PC)"

Theres no information on the page. Looks like a placeholder for future information

Edited May 12, 2009 by SGT_2AD

[Litos 10]

I hope that lil bird is a good source for info......... otherwise, it's gonna get shot out of the sky. :butbut:

Yep, by our own AA's.

[Scrub 0]

Not sure if this has been posted.....

But if you go to 505 Games and type in ArmA II in the quick search it comes up with

"ArmA II Retail Event(NA)", where as before it only came up with "ArmA II (PC)"

Theres no information on the page. Looks like a placeholder for future information

I was wondering why 505 just didn't handle the whole deal.. Thanks for this info SGT_2AD! Looks like we have our winner.